Saturday, August 16, 2025

The Color of Summer

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      8x8" Oil on gesso panel © Helen Read     The colors of summer are joyful!  I can't help walking along a sidewalk, pathway or...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

When An Artist and Poet Collaborate!

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  The thought was intriguing!  Collaborating with someone I didn't know for an entry into a group show.  Yes, I thought, why not?   I m...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

What is my Secret Sauce for my Artistic Journey??

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   Hillside Symphony Watercolor on Yupo Paper © Helen Read Link to find out more about this paintin g Eighteen years!! I can hardly believe ...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Rivers Diptych

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     Experimenting, experimenting....  I've been working on a diptych which is very experimental.  I really didn't know if it would ...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Sunlit Meadow

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Sunlit Meadow, 10x8" oil on canvas ©Helen C Read These last few weeks, I've been working on a commission.  To prepare for that com...
Friday, April 18, 2025

Morning Chill

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  Morning Chill,  11x14" oil on canvas ©2025 Helen Read Winter in the north can have very minimal color. While creation is sleeping, th...
Monday, April 7, 2025

Day's End

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  Day's End 7x5" oil on Canvas SOLD

Don't Miss This Spring Super Sale!

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  How do you bring vibrant spring color into your home?  Color that never fades...    Visit my collection of Spring Paintings   that are lis...
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Sketchbook Explorations are Essential!

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  Playing with color and with marks and with composition - you figure out possibilities with sketchbook explorations.  Starting with no expe...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Thundering Waves - Abstract Painting

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  Thundering Waves,  16x20" acrylic on canvas ©Helen C Read  If you love an oceanic theme and colors, that is what this painting evokes...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

New Floral Painting - Amber in Blue

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  Amber in Blue  -  12x6" acrylic on canvas SOLD This painting really was an experiment.  It started on a gessoed canvas, painted with...
Saturday, February 1, 2025

Winter Wonder - watercolor painting

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 Winter Wonder watercolor on paper  This painting is my Free Download to my Artful Friends for the month of February. 
Monday, January 20, 2025

Overshadowed - Abstract Painting

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 Overshadowed,  18x24" oil on canvas          More experiments in the realm of abstract painting.   This one uses some metallic gold oi...
Friday, December 27, 2024

Win this FREE original painting in January!

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  Sparrow,  3x3" oil on canvas panel with magnetic backing ©Helen C Read  This bright-eyed little sparrow will wing its way to one of m...